Sec. 3508. Study on factors affecting employment opportunities for immigrants and refugees with professional credentials obtained in foreign countries
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The Secretary of Labor, in coordination with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary, the Administrator of the Internal Revenue Service, and the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, shall conduct a study on the factors affecting employment opportunities in the United States for applicable immigrants and refugees with professional credentials obtained in countries other than the United States. The study required by subsection
(a)shall include the following: An analysis of the employment history of applicable immigrants and refugees admitted to the United States during the most recent 5-year period for which data are available at the time of the study, including, to the extent practicable— an analysis of the employment held by applicable immigrants and refugees before immigrating to the United States as compared to the employment obtained in the United States, if any, since the arrival of such applicable immigrants and refugees; and a consideration of the occupational and professional credentials and academic degrees held by applicable immigrants and refugees before immigrating to the United States. An assessment of any barrier that prevents applicable immigrants and refugees from using occupational experience obtained outside the United States to obtain employment in the United States. An analysis of existing public and private resources available to assist applicable immigrants and refugees who have professional experience and qualifications obtained outside the United States in using such professional experience and qualifications to obtain skills-appropriate employment opportunities in the United States. Policy recommendations for better enabling applicable immigrants and refugees who have professional experience and qualifications obtained outside the United States to use such professional experience and qualifications to obtain skills-appropriate employment opportunities in the United States. In conducting the study required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor shall seek to collaborate with relevant nonprofit organizations and State agencies to use the existing data and resources of such entities. In this section, the term applicable immigrants and refugees means— noncitizens who are lawfully present and authorized to be employed in the United States; and citizens of the United States born outside the United States and its outlying possessions.